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Suicide car bombing kills 26 in Baghdad
Jan 25 2007 11:03PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's prime minister insisted Thursday there will be "no safe place in Iraq for terrorists," hours before a suicide car bombing killed at least 26 people in the Shiite neighborhood of Karradah and two rockets slammed into the heavy fortified Green Zone not far from the U.S. Embassy.
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China debuting high-speed trains
Jan 25 2007 10:46PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese-built high-speed trains capable of speeds of up to 150 mph are to debut this weekend on runs from Shanghai to two nearby cities, a government newspaper said Friday.
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Russia, India cement nuclear ties
Jan 25 2007 10:24PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin offered Thursday to build four nuclear reactors for India and give it broader access to Moscow's energy riches, as the old Cold War allies sought to reinvigorate their friendship.
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Singapore executes 2 Africans for drugs
Jan 25 2007 10:18PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Singapore executed two Africans on drug trafficking charges Friday despite pleas for clemency by Nigeria's president, the United Nations and human rights groups.
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U.N. agency defers N. Korea programs
Jan 25 2007 9:48PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Development Program agreed Thursday not to approve new projects in North Korea until an external audit addresses U.S. allegations that the agency has funneled millions of dollars to the communist regime in violation of United Nations rules.
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Afghanistan won't spray poppy plants
Jan 25 2007 7:42PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Rebuffing months of U.S. pressure, Afghan President Hamid Karzai decided against a Colombia-style program to spray this country's heroin-producing poppies after the Cabinet worried herbicide would hurt legitimate crops, animals and humans, officials said Thursday.
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NATO sending new brigade to Afghanistan
Jan 25 2007 7:42PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO-led troops battling resurgent Taliban militants will soon be reinforced with another combat brigade, the top NATO commander in Afghanistan said Thursday.
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Car bomb kills 2 people in Pakistan
Jan 25 2007 10:39AM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A car bomb exploded in the shopping district of a town in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least two passers-by and wounding four other people, police said. The motive behind the blast in Hangu, about 60 miles south of Peshawar, was not immediately clear. However, the town has been the scene of sectarian violence in recent years and the attack comes days before a major Shiite Muslim festival.
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Black boxes from Indonesia crash found
Jan 25 2007 10:23AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The U.S. Navy has picked up signals from the flight data recorders of an Indonesian jetliner that crashed into the sea on New Year's Day with 102 people onboard, the U.S. Embassy said Thursday.
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Quake strikes off Taiwan's east coast
Jan 25 2007 6:21AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A strong earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Taiwan on Thursday, rocking buildings in the capital of Taipei. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
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Greek militants claim U.S. Embassy attack
Jan 25 2007 6:10AM (CT)
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - A militant group claimed responsibility for a rocket attack against the U.S. Embassy earlier this month, and said in a statement published Thursday the strike was in response to U.S. military involvement in Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia.
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Angry crowd beats up suspects in India
Jan 25 2007 5:24AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - An angry crowd on Thursday severely beat up two suspects who are accused of sexually assaulting and killing up to 20 children and women.
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Terror suspect hurt in Philippine raid
Jan 25 2007 5:17AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A top Indonesian terror suspect was wounded in an army commando raid last week that killed an al-Qaida-linked Filipino leader on a southern Philippine island, an army official said Thursday.
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Denmark: Islam-West ties not irreparable
Jan 25 2007 4:31AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Ties between Muslim nations and the West suffered no long-term damage from the international uproar over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published in European countries last year, Denmark's foreign minister said Thursday.
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Security tightened in Indian capital
Jan 25 2007 12:25AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Security forces set up roadblocks and snipers took up positions on government buildings in the Indian capital Thursday to prevent possible militant attacks ahead of national day celebrations, officials said.
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